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How popular is “Sanders” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sanders” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sanders” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Sanders” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Sanders” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Sanders” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Sanders” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sanders” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 6 0.000029779 6 -100%
1881 8 0.000041518 8 -100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 -100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 -100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 -100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 -100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1896 10 0.000027973 10 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1900 10 0.000022209 10 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 -100%
1909 11 0.000021517 11 -100%
1910 20 0.000033858 20 -100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 -100%
1912 20 0.000020242 20 -100%
1913 16 0.000014071 16 -100%
1914 28 0.000019769 28 -100%
1915 24 0.000013097 24 -100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 -100%
1917 23 0.000011461 23 -100%
1918 29 0.000013357 29 -100%
1919 38 0.000018007 38 -100%
1920 29 0.000012817 29 -100%
1921 32 0.000013707 32 -100%
1922 38 0.0000166 38 -100%
1923 30 0.000013029 30 -100%
1924 27 0.000011337 27 -100%
1925 21 0.000009 21 -100%
1926 22 0.000009582 22 -100%
1927 26 0.00001121 26 -100%
1928 20 0.000008846 20 -100%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 -100%
1930 26 0.000011694 26 -100%
1931 22 0.000010454 22 -100%
1932 31 0.000014683 31 -100%
1933 19 0.000009503 19 -100%
1934 23 0.000011075 23 -100%
1935 24 0.000011484 24 -100%
1936 18 0.000008664 18 -100%
1937 21 0.000009856 21 -100%
1938 27 0.000012203 27 -100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 -100%
1940 20 0.000008686 20 -100%
1941 24 0.00000985 24 -100%
1942 30 0.000010982 30 -100%
1943 30 0.000010629 30 -100%
1944 19 0.000007063 19 -100%
1945 30 0.000011308 30 -100%
1946 30 0.000009389 30 -100%
1947 23 0.000006385 23 -100%
1948 27 0.00000782 27 -100%
1949 27 0.000007748 27 -100%
1950 30 0.000008563 30 -100%
1951 47 0.000012759 47 -100%
1952 25 0.000006582 25 -100%
1953 39 0.00001012 39 -100%
1954 29 0.000007285 29 -100%
1955 30 0.000007472 30 -100%
1956 24 0.000005821 24 -100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 -100%
1958 24 0.000005806 24 -100%
1959 17 0.000004089 17 -100%
1960 24 0.000005778 24 -100%
1961 19 0.000004587 19 -100%
1962 15 0.000003717 15 -100%
1963 16 0.000004042 16 -100%
1964 16 0.000004116 16 -100%
1965 24 0.00000662 6 18 -50%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1967 15 0.000004418 15 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 -100%
1969 17 0.000004892 17 -100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 -100%
1973 16 0.000005303 16 -100%
1974 13 0.000004276 13 -100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 -100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 -100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 -100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 13 0.000003774 13 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 16 0.000004561 16 -100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 -100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 -100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
1989 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 -100%
1992 16 0.000004165 16 -100%
1993 14 0.000003713 14 -100%
1994 15 0.000004035 15 -100%
1995 17 0.000004642 17 -100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 -100%
1997 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 -100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 13 0.000003439 13 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 -100%
2007 15 0.000003752 15 -100%
2008 20 0.000005088 20 -100%
2009 15 0.000003927 15 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 14 0.000003827 14 -100%
2012 24 0.000006562 24 -100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 -100%
2014 21 0.000005666 21 -100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 -100%
2016 24 0.000006542 24 -100%
2017 22 0.000006152 22 -100%
2018 12 0.000003413 12 -100%
2019 9 0.000002593 9 -100%
2020 15 0.00000449 15 -100%
2021 17 0.000005018 17 -100%
2022 12 0.000003547 12 -100%
2023 20 0.00000604 20 -100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 -100%

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